The application server must terminate the network connection associated with a communications session at the end of the session or after a DoD-defined time period of inactivity.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-35335	SRG-APP-000190-AS-000134	SV-46622r1_rule		Low

Description
If communications sessions remain open for extended periods of time even when unused, there is the potential for an adversary to hijack the session and use it to gain access to the device or networks to which it is attached. Terminating sessions after a certain period of inactivity is a method for mitigating the risk of this vulnerability. The application server must provide a mechanism for timing out or otherwise terminating inactive web sessions.

Description

If communications sessions remain open for extended periods of time even when unused, there is the potential for an adversary to hijack the session and use it to gain access to the device or networks to which it is attached. Terminating sessions after a certain period of inactivity is a method for mitigating the risk of this vulnerability. The application server must provide a mechanism for timing out or otherwise terminating inactive web sessions.

STIG	Date
Application Server Security Requirements Guide	2013-01-08

Details

Check Text ( C-43703r1_chk )
Review the AS configuration to verify the system terminates network connections after an organization defined time period of inactivity. If communications are not terminated after an organization-defined time period of inactivity, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-39881r1_fix)
Configure the AS to terminate network connections after the organization defined time period of inactivity.